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Raymond Edward Wolff of Thompson Falls passed away in the Clark Fork Valley Hospital on November 9, 2022. Ray was born on January 3, 1945, to Edward and Dorothy Olson Wolff of Ryegate, Montana. He was the third of five kids: Betty, Francis, Fred, and Curt. He attended Ryegate school until the age of 17 when he dropped out to help take care of the family after his mother's passing. Ray was a Vietnam Veteran, joining the Navy at the age of 20. He served on the USS Currituck (AV-7), a seaplane... Full story
Marilyn Jill Logan was born April 27, 1939, in Fargo, North Dakota to Warren and Arloween Gerrells. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on November 9, 2022, in Spokane, Washington. She was the third child of six children. Jill moved to Spokane where she met the love of her life, Neil Logan. They were married September 6, 1960, and were together for 62 years. From Spokane, in 1962, they moved to Noxon, Montana for Neil's job with the Washington Water Power Company. They lived...
Dixie Ann (Hall) Vaught, 87, of Spokane Valley, Washington, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2022, at Spokane Valley Hospital. Dixie was born in Whitepine, Montana, on November 11, 1935. She attended grade school there and graduated from Thompson Falls High School in 1953. On April 25, 1954, she married Wilbur Vaught. They resided in Thompson Falls, Montana, for many years. During that time, Dixie worked at the courthouse for several years before running for Sanders County Clerk and... Full story
Linda Ann Keister, 80 of Trout Creek, Montana, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, on November 2, 2022. Linda was born in Chinook, Montana, on November 26, 1941, to Melvin and Jean Bosch. She was the second of six children. She attended many schools as her family moved around Montana, following her father's work in construction. She married Arthur Keister on December 27, 1959, in Whitepine, Montana, at his parents' home. They made their home in Trout Creek and raised three... Full story
Robert Douglas Waters, "Bob," beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 11, 2022. He was born on April 28, 1930, in Glendive, Montana, to Ruth (Squires) and Junius Waters. Descending from Montana homesteaders, he spent formative years on a small farm near Bloomfield, Montana, where from a young age, he learned practical skills and a strong work ethic. At age 9 and following the untimely death of his father, Bob moved to... Full story
Edith Adell Loder, age 93, was born April 22, 1929, to Albert Bates and Florence Bates in Rapid City, South Dakota. Edith and her family moved to Plains, Montana, where she graduated from Plains High School in 1948. She later met Robert S.Loder and married on September 5, 1950. Edith and Robert ranched on Lynch Creek north of Plains and raised their three children, Adell, Robert (Jack) and Edwin. They moved to Ronan in 1969 and built and ran a trailer court until 1976. After that, Edith and Robe... Full story
Linda Keister, 80, of Trout Creek passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at St. Patrick Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Garden City Funeral Home. A full obituary will be published at a later date.... Full story
20-2022 Ted Hoglund passed away surrounded by family on October 7, 2022, only a few weeks before his 85th birthday. Just days before his passing, he received a sudden diagnosis of cancer that had spread. He told his family that he had a good life with so many wonderful experiences and he was at peace. Ted was born in 1937, at Fort Snelling, to Sergeant Orville Hoglund and Beatrice Hoglund. After his father was discharged from the Army, the family moved to Jackson, Michigan where Ted first... Full story
Mildred Grace Butler, 80, long-time Sanders County resident, passed away October 6, 2022, at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital Long Term Care facility in Plains. Millie was born December 5, 194,1 in Butte County, California, to William Norman and Bessie (McHenry) Stanley, the third of five daughters. On August 20, 1960, Millie married the love of her life, Rodger Daniel Butler, in a simple ceremony in Reno, Nevada. The couple began their life together living in the Roseville, California, area,... Full story
Anita Carol Wise went home to join the Lord on November 3, 2022. Carol was born December 25, 1917, in Winifred, Montana, to Carl and Oreta McCaughin. Carol married James Lee Wise on August 9, 1936. During their courtship, she blacked both of his eyes with a snowball. Lee claimed he married her in self-defense. They had three children, Wendall Hugh (Skip), Anita Lee (Peggy) and James Gary. Gary was born soon after Lee was deployed in the Navy during WWII. Carol was a full-time mother and... Full story
Dixon Wiegele, 75, of Whitepine, Montana, lost his fight with cancer and passed away on November 1, 2022, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital. Dixon was born January 17, 1947, in Spokane, Washington, to Louis and Jane (Greenwood) Wiegele. Dixon was a lifetime resident and rancher in the Whitepine area. Dixon fulfilled his passion as a rancher and moved on to greener pastures. After graduating from high school in Thompson Falls, he went on to attend Spokane Community College, earning an A.A.S. in auto... Full story
Robert John Reeser passed away at his home on October 20, 2022. He was born in Thompson Falls, Montana, April 29, 1939, and was raised in Tuscor, Montana. He married his high school sweetheart Barbara on July 1, 1956, in Superior, Montana. They enjoyed 61 years of marriage together. He started his working career with the railroad and moved into logging and was a logger for most of his life. Bob and his brother Ed ran a saw shop together in Belknap for many years. Shooting was his passion. He... Full story
Rosemarie (Bradetich) Bloom, 91, passed away peacefully October 18, 2022, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital with her family by her side. Rosemarie was born April 28, 1931, to John and Anna Bozich Bradetich in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was the seventh of eight children. Rosemarie attended high school in Sandpoint where she met her future husband, Roy Bloom. They were married January 22, 1949. Rosemarie and Roy, with their four children, moved from Sandpoint to Thompson Falls, Montana, in 1962. She was a... Full story
The plaque on her wall reads, "The Mother of Three Sons Deserves Her Place in Heaven." On October 1, 2022, Loretta Mae Wilson left Homer, Alaska, peacefully to go gardening with Jesus and dance in Heaven. She was born January 8, 1937, the last of six children born to Arch and Rilla White and she was also the last to leave their earthly lives. She loved her family, making friends, and keeping in touch with all of them either in person, cards or letters, or on her well used phone. Her unfiltered... Full story
Alan John McCoy, age 95, passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter Laurel and son-in-law Scott on October 10, 2022. He was the fourth child born to John Campbell & Ethel Pearl (Mountjoy) McCoy on October 2, 1927, in Camas Prairie, Montana. In 1929 when Alan was two the family moved to Alan's grandfather's (Oscar McCoy) homestead three miles northeast of Lonepine, which had been established in 1914. In 1940 they moved to where the family ranch is today. He went through all twelve grades... Full story
Michael "Mike" Dennis Priddy, 75, of Huson, passed away from natural causes on October 12th while enjoying his westerns. Mike was born on July 4, 1947, to R.W. "Buster" Priddy and Mae Oleson Priddy. Mike grew up in Dixon and graduated from Dixon High School, where he was very active in sports. After high school, Mike served as an aircraft mechanic in the Navy on the USS Saratoga and worked on the Pack River Ranch. Mike also drove truck, sold heavy equipment and eventually retired from Pepsi. In... Full story
Marcia Kay Kapelke, 84, of Bigfork, Montana, went to her heavenly home on September 24, 2022. Marcia was born the youngest of three children to Albert and Margaret Berseth in Fargo, North Dakota, on October 19, 1937. Marcia graduated from Wahpeton High School in 1955, then earned her English and Physical Education Degrees from the State School of Science in Wahpeton and University of North Dakota in1959. While working as a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines she met Bill Sandry and they... Full story
September 13, 1925 – September 16, 2022 Mary Dale Medlar, age 97, of Plains, Montana, (formerly of Vacaville, California) passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 16, 2022. She was born on September 13, 1925, in Driggs, Idaho, to the late Joseph and Ethel (Downs) Christensen. She graduated from Salmon High School and attended Beehive BYU business school in Utah and Solano Community College in Suisun, California. Mary was a secretary for a potato company in Idaho, and then she was e... Full story
Ronald Loren Kuykendall of Plains, Montana, died at age 79 on September 14, 2022, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Ron was born on January 24, 1943, in Fredonia, Kansas, to Mary Virginia (Imbler) and Loren Gleasure Kuykendall. He grew up on a rural farm, went to a one room schoolhouse, and learned practical skills that he used throughout his life. He was involved in FFA in high school, ran track, and was looking forward to attending his high school... Full story
In loving memory of Barbara Marie (Harwood) Prophet 9/9/38-9/16/2022. Barbara Prophet passed away and went to be with our Heavenly Father on September 16, 2022, with her grandchildren Misty Beckett and Clayton Matthew by her side after a long bout with kidney disease and heart failure. Barb was born September 9, 1938, in Butte, Montana, to Robert William Harwood and Mabel Alma (Wombacher) Harwood. Barb grew up and went to school in Butte and spent her summers in Redrock, Montana, with her... Full story
Graveside services will be held Saturday, October 1, at 11 a.m. at the Whitepine Cemetery for Thompson Falls resident Marilyn Jordan. Marilyn passed away at 84 in the Clark Fork Valley Hospital at the end of September of chemotherapy complications following breast cancer surgery. Marilyn's parents were Walter and Florence Johnson. Walt and Florence met in San Francisco in the roaring 20s when Florence worked as a registered nurse and Walt attended UC Berkeley studying aeronautical engineering.... Full story
Dillon W. Eaton passed away suddenly on September 16, 2022. He was born in Libby, Montana, on June 4, 1993, to Orville and Lynne Eaton. Dillon was a son, a brother, an uncle, and a friend. No matter what it was if you needed help or just wanted to hang out, he would be there for you. Dillion's favorite thing to do was hunt, fish, log and get firewood. With him bigger was always better, so the bigger the tree the happier he was. Dillon also loved when you told him that you knew he was coming beca... Full story
September 13, 1936 - September 13, 2022 On September 13 our mother, Sharon Levine, passed away along with her beloved cat. We will miss her terribly, she was funny, brilliant, and extremely artistic. If you have a piece of her art, you have a piece of her beautiful soul. She spent her later years in Thompson Falls, Montana, and it inspired her art and imagination. Many of her works were for the benefit of a charity "loving someone with mental illness" At first glance you might just see a handmad... Full story
Karl Wayne Schweigert was a "mountain man" who enjoyed a wide variety of experiences. A talented artist and drummer in his younger days, he later returned to his native Alaska to fuel bush planes. He also seated passengers in tour helicopters at Grand Canyon, Arizona, and operated heavy mining equipment in the silver mines of Nevada. Off season might find him landscaping, hauling firewood or helping neighbors with construction. Karl passed peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on September... Full story
Mary Ann (Eiser) Larkin, 62, passed away after a two-year battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on September 16, 2022. Mary was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert and Margaret Eiser on March 20, 1960. Mary was the fourth of six children. In 1978, Mary graduated from Springbrook in Silver Spring, Maryland. After high school, she worked a variety of different jobs, but her true passion was to be a beautician. She attended Montgomery School of Cosmetology for a year and enjoyed doing hair for... Full story
